Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.

Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and author currently living in New York City. She received a dual Ph.D. degree in neuroscience and nuclear medicine from the University of Florence, Italy. Currently, she is the Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she serves as an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology. She is also a 2020 Women's Alzheimer's Movement Research Grant Recipient.

Mosconi has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious medical journals, including Nature Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, The Journal of the Medical Association and The BMJ (British Medical Journal), as well as several book chapters. She is also a certified Integrative Nutritionist and holistic healthcare practitioner. She is well-known for her research on the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and is passionately interested in the mitigation and prevention of memory loss through lifestyle modifications including diet, nutrition, and physical and intellectual fitness.